Female bird with a male in enclosure (6)
I believe the answer is:
peahen
'female bird' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a male in enclosure' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'enclosure' becomes 'pen' (pen is a kind of enclosure).
'a'+'he'='ahe'
'ahe' placed inside 'pen' is 'PEAHEN'.
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for peahen that I've seen before include "water bird" , "Female of a show-off bird" , "Female of the large bird, Pavo species" , "One has showy mate" , "Female bird (with a proud partner?)" .)